Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-12-10
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IN following .st-.r r.alt.ss FL. III.
r,ecu; estimate 81; .ht cuttaa .4al. a.
ccivcd IS NJ Iiearv H,n:1. Il \
York city. from Me>>5r~ oates Brs~
Charlotte. y G. ~ili be II o,trc~. t.
the cotton trade
CHARLOTTE y t November i -
NJ Henry Hent ~. y I-prar 81. uur
views III sreCari L. the cotton crat, ami
a. Il h Is It cano L r. greatly undere>11-
mated bv the tureau ani cth,r authorities
sxltr'>sc II in the Bulletin II the 18th. are
20 nearly III accord with nur nNn That "
take ti- liberty Il whiting t Nou on he >:f
i-rt. Last wear the ~ca~,r> ,euer rally through
,Hit the S4u'h We're ulllre unfaytrat,e. b. -
entirely to vet NJ - the fir, 1T Au-J~,
causing - cultivation. poor sand III many
Vlace- aad rall plant - that date. with
almost na fint made Iu except extreme
Southern districts During August the "a
sons We're more tavara!te. hut after TeIt~n1
ten - Il was generally too dry tar develop
j m.cu. i toi crop But notwithstanding All
tn - asiNtl l.~- influences uas},. -. sf.tstf
nte, L. Z. .-,n"taal tale This 3.ar TIL ,tn,
1T -,ri Start stand, perfect, AMI airf~:
I.r.cct seasons for cultivation and growth ot
lfnt up 10 1T OF August At this date the
plant was we'll grown, with Az lmnen~-
July. crop" ot holl> made. During August
j there was too much rain for good fruitIu-
Eut still some fruit was taken III AMI at tht.
/
! " coalition. reaiN u take ~ d top or y
! with the ali # showers in September and ~,
} tol,cr, These September ANA q oheI ,hou
! crs calrc ana we know that in this section
Of the country Eery good top crop has t-.erl
/ made the best fur many wears. With ~Ecl
/ a contrast IL a~onS an, conditions IN .av.1
| nt this Year "" can't So how it = I.'>-iii.'
! the Cotton World and bureau e.~tluuatt~ can
! ht anywhere near correct. NJ reported *
eral Years for tn" National Cotton Exchange
! md this year t. the Cotton world. aIl y.
! know the World bas gwen very in
! l~t October We reported L. them. what we
! believed 10 be the facts. that there would he
/ an Increased WELD Of about ii 2-:i per cent.
! and good top crop was making; and II
i their report they said "North Carolina no
! top crop. and Mecklenburg county ~ to -
/ per cent increase. On the i,t instant we re
! ported again about the same as on st 0ctn
! her, and, after their report came out on 1th
INST. we wrote and asked them how. in then
| estimates OF total Nield. they had calculated
Tor this and adjoining counties hut ;Ge}
I rla4cnp RESPONSE which t. u~ looks liz, Ia ],
are afraid to- turn on the Ii -ht Now a. t,
actual Weld IN this section, farmers are taf
| enough along in llcnlng L. enah" lo so form
a practically correct estimate lu~E'ad 81
asking a tanner how much better or N,l>~t
his crop i this than last year, we have a~kec
them: How many bales did YOU raise la~
'
| YEAR And IN onv a few Instances i th'
/ increase rs low as - per cent. Generally /
is ~ tc - per cent and III quite .nunihe
loo Ier cent lncreae". We find the grea
mistake most persons make IN reporting ol
the crops III comparing with au Imagluar'
full one, instead Of the previous one, and il
this way the reports generally read, "one
halt or three quarters ot a crop, MhI" thel
may te considerable Increase on the prt
vious one, with which the comparison IS un
derStoOd TO be mad The World haVIn
given such an Incorrect report OF this count
X sufficient evidence t. salr minds that II
''e>tlnate a 10 total yield i, Very unreliable
We have luSt lnaie a comparison ot Ali
thie Year with last and find the Increase TN
year - about ; per cent. W" cant SO ho'
| u i {o~,Ihc for the "'op t. tall Short :
-; + nt!hon baie, with a possibility II ;,
NtltN~' t,ae>, We are not SIe.ulatur- !
q tt<rr7 AMI the only Interest hay" j. 1
.,e.inE the crop correctly reported. and =,
levnl, the recent estimates lmt forth I
be very misleading !, oar npgo-. t"r tn
Elanl, ,>nlel und hastily "Ilrtenlett"r.
OATES Bros.